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Force-Couple system

Sometime the applied point of a force-couple system is also need to be considered at a different point. When the above force-couple system at point B is to be considered at point C, both the force and couple vectors are needed to be considered.

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Since couple vector is a free vector, the couple vector M can be attached to point C directly without making any change. For the force vector, it can be treated as a single force transformation by attaching two forces, F and -F with magnitude equal to the applied force F at point C as before. But when the force F is applied at point B on the rigid body, the moment of the force about point C is equal to  MCB . 

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The formed force couple of moment MCB can be replaced by a couple vector M1. The couple vector M1 is a free vector and it can be located at point C for convenience.  Two couple vectors are then added to form a resultant couple vector  Mc.

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Therefore the equivalent system of a force-couple system acting at point B on a rigid body can be transformed to an arbitrary point C by moving both the force vector F and the couple vector M to point C, and adding a couple vector M1 with moment equals to the moment MCB of the force vector F at point B about point C. At which, the force vector F tend to provide the same linear motion and the resultant couple vector Mc tend to provide the same rotational motion as the force vector F at point B. The equivalent system is also force-couple system.

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And the resultant couple or moment vector can be expressed as:

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When considering the moment of force F at point A about point C,  the moment is equal to MCA .

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And the moment vector can be expressed as:

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Since the force vector F can also be moved to point C as in the force transformation, the results of two system transformation are equal. Therefore the equivalent system of a force-couple system acting can be transformed from point B to an arbitrary point C by moving both the force vector F and the couple vector M to point C, and adding a couple vector M1 with moment equals to the moment MCB of the force vector F at point B about point C.

 


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ID: 110700011 Last Updated: 7/12/2011 Revision: 1 Ref:

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References

  1. I.C. Jong; B.G. rogers, 1991, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
  2. F.P. Beer; E.R. Johnston,Jr.; E.R. Eisenberg, 2004, Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
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